We count down the ridiculous things self-driving cars have been caught doing. Allegedly.

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Self-driving cars and autonomous vehicles have been caught dozens of times doing ridiculous things on public roadways - allegedly. Here is our rundown of the ones we know about. Remember, self-driving cars could be doing this stuff every day and nobody catches an image or video.

#10 - Self-Driving Uber Vehicle - Running Redlights
At the very moment a pedestrian steps into a crosswalk in busy downtown San Fransisco, a self-driving Uber vehicle goes through a red light and is caught on camera. Not a yellow. A red light. Uber blamed the driver, but evidence counters this claim. It is later learned that the vehicle did not run a red light. It ran six. Had it not been captured on video, we never would have known.

#8 Autonomous Vehicle Pulls Into the Path Of A Semi Trailer Backing Into an Alley Causing Crash
On its maiden voyage, an autonomous shuttle found a way to crash. What a coincidence! The accident was not filmed live, but the still images and the account of the crash from those on the shuttle explain that the bus pulled up on a semi-trailer that was backing up. When a pending collision became apparent, the shuttle did not sound its horn, did not back up, and made no other maneuver to avoid the slow-speed crash. Will you sleep better knowing that when a crash is about to happen your self-driving vehicle will just freeze?

#6 Tesla Model X In Summon Mode Drives Through Garage Door
Tesla vehicles can drive themselves around a bit with nobody inside. It is called Summon mode. The idea is you are at a place where you want to impress people. You summon your $150,000 electric minivan and it silently glides up to you and impresses everyone including your date. Except, sometimes it just crashes. And then you stand there looking at a vehicle with a lot of damage and wonder whose fault the accident was. One owner summoned his Model X to come out of his garage. As it drove out, the garage door also came down and the two found themselves in a disagreement over who's physical space that was. Like every Tesla crash, nobody who likes Tesla believes this story. Except this guy.

#4 Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Crashes, Ends Up On Its Side
We know you can't wait for us to get to the fatalities, but hang in there buckaroo. The latest crash which we are all talking about was not Uber's first self-driving crash. It wasn't even its first self-driving crash in Tempe Arizona. Last year, an Uber vehicle in self-driving mode ended up on its side when another vehicle "failed to yield." Here's a quick note to Uber: If your vehicles crash into ones that fail to yield, Massachusetts roundabouts and rotaries are going be very exciting!

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#3 Tesla Model S on Autopilot Kills Its Driver
Let's get serious now. Should autonomous vehicles be allowed to operate above the speed limit? This is a question that came about after a former U.S. special forces service member was tragically killed when his Model S operating on Autopilot hit a slow-moving semi-trailer that had pulled into its path at a legal intersection. The Model S never slowed from its speed, which was above the posted limit, before hitting the side of the truck and continuing on. After every possible way to blame the working man behind the wheel of a truck who was hit by a speeding vehicle with nobody controlling it didn't work out, the NTSB issued a report that pointed the finger at the Tesla.